different between sedding vs yedding

English

Verb

sedding

1. present participle of sed

Anagrams

• design'd

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?d??

Etymology 1

From Middle English ?edding, ?eddynge, from Old English ?iedding, ?iddung, ?eddung (“utterance, saying, prophecy, song, poetry, poetical recitation, meter”), from ?ieddian (“to speak formally, discuss, speak with alliteration, recite, sing”), equivalent to yed +? -ing.

Noun

yedding (plural yeddings)

1. (obsolete) A song, especially the song of a minstrel.
2. (obsolete or historical) A popular tale or romance, or a song embodying a popular tale or romance.
   • 2013, Marcelle Theibaux, The Writings of Medieval Women, 2nd Edition: An Anthology:

     By the fifteenth century a yedding is glossed as a romance.

Etymology 2

From yed.

Verb

yedding

1. present participle of yed

Etymology 3

From Middle English eorþing (“burial, digging”), from eorþien (“to bury, dig”), from eorþe (“earth”), equivalent to earth +? -ing. Possibly influenced by Middle English earding (“habitation, dwelling”), from eard (“dwelling, habitation”), from Old English eard (“native soil, native land, native country, country, province, region, place of residence, dwelling, home, dwelling place, estate, cultivated ground”). More at earth.

Alternative forms

• yerding, earding

Noun

yedding (plural yeddings)

1. (Britain dialectal) A burrow; a mole or rabbit hole.

Anagrams

• eddying